Gaël

Ille-et-Vilaine · CC de Saint-Méen Montauban · INSEE 35117

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 47/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gaël (INSEE 35117) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC de Saint-Méen Montauban. Population 1,613 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/35117-gael

Vitality score

Vitality score 47/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 11,103 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.65	10	6.47
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.39

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE GALLUDEC). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (TRUTIN AURELIA). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (THE LIBERTY · LE POPPY'S). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES PRES VERTS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST FRANCOIS). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE ESNAULT). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (GAEL AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE GAËL). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LE GALLUDEC	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	TRUTIN AURELIA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	THE LIBERTY · LE POPPY'S	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES PRES VERTS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST FRANCOIS	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE ESNAULT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	GAEL AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE GAËL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,673 2023: 1,613 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,619 (2012) → 1,613 (2023): -0.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,406 (1990) → 1,613 (2023): 14.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 892, of which 6.1 % second homes and 13.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 0.7 km NGP — 7.2 km SW Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Gaël): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gaël): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Mauron): 7.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Gaël): 0.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Gaël): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.4

Days at or below 0 °C 46.9

Muggy days a summer 0.4

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PAIMPONT weather station, 14.2 km away at 157 m; the village itself is at 79 m. ^[10]

The village sits 78 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MONTERFIL, 18.2 km away at 88 m, over 10 summers. ^[10]

An average of 775 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BLERUAIS, 7.6 km away at 84 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35117/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35117/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35117/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35117/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35117
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56127
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Lardin-Saint-Lazare	24	425 km SE	1,672	49.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 68 % · humidity 43 %
La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne	44	88 km SE	1,606	48.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Mansac	19	429 km SE	1,554	50.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Aillevillers-et-Lyaumont	70	637 km E	1,426	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 46 % · humidity 86 %
Vernantes	49	189 km SE	2,004	55.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Montournais	85	190 km SE	1,630	47.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne	44	88 km SE	1,606	48.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Vernantes	49	189 km SE	2,004	55.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Montournais	85	190 km SE	1,630	47.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Le Lardin-Saint-Lazare	24	425 km SE	1,672	49.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 68 % · humidity 43 %
Mansac	19	429 km SE	1,554	50.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Aillevillers-et-Lyaumont	70	637 km E	1,426	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 46 % · humidity 86 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Gaël's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Hénon	22	44 km NW	2,310	49.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Berné	56	88 km W	1,551	42.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Pédernec	22	93 km NW	1,893	44.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Malguénac	56	62 km W	1,857	47	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Maël-Carhaix	22	91 km W	1,497	46.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Ruffiac	56	35 km S	1,422	48.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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